Black Orpheus is based on the cult film; a second is based on the career of Motown producer Berry Gordy (Jones, according to a production spokesperson, is currently in discussions to work on this project); a third is based on the blaxploitation film "Superfly"; and a fourth is adapted from the Indian film "Monsoon Wedding." Jones gave no further details, but said Fela! is schduled to be produced in Lagos, Nigeria, this fall, as part of the nation's 50th anniversary, three weeks before its debut in London.
Jones won his first Tony for his choreography for Spring Awakening.
